At Lochinvar NP, Zambia, regularly tens of thousands in Oct and 30-35 000 in november. Common in north-central parts of s African range' uncommon elsewhere.

It also says:

In s Africa, mainly in Botswana, on northern perifery of Kalahari, with smaller numbers in Namibia, especially Etosha Pan, and w Zimbabwe; also Kgalagadi TFP, N Cape.Uncommon in ne S Africa and Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and E and W Cape. Range may have retracted away from arid south-west; described as 'widely spread' in S Africa in early 1900's, when large flocks near Swartkop R estuary , E Cape. Range and numbers have increased in Zimbabwe since late 1980's.

The little map shows very few sightings in SA, some at (more or less) Pafuri, some more around Letaba-Mopani.So yes, that would be a brilliant sighting.

However... Look at the chest in this photo, it's white.If I was to hazard a guess, I would say it's a Kittlitz's plover. Do you have more photos?

Unfortunately I have no photos from the front, but the following characteristics lead me to believe that it was indeed a Caspian plover:

1. It was almost twice as big as a Kittlitz's plover (which I know very well), and had very long legs.2. It lacked the buff collar of Kittlitz's (the collar and buff is uniform in colour).3. Although difficult to see it definitely had a greyish-brown breast band, which I saw clearly in flight. (If one looks closely at the photo, there is a visible greyish area between the neck and belly.)4. Just for good measure I send the photo through to Trevor Hardaker (renowned SA birder), and he confirmed the ID.

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